In 1775 the figures were put on display at La Specola, a natural history and zoology museum established by the Medici family. La Specola is still open. Among its most enthralling sights are the ...

La Specola was the first natural history museum to open to the public in 1775, commissioned by the grand duke of Tuscany, Peter Leopold of Lorraine, a few years after he inaugurated the Uffizi ...

“Cere anatomiche” (Anatomical waxes) is an exhibition conceived in collaboration with La Specola, which is part of the Museum of Natural History and Museum System of the University of Florence, and ...

When La Specola museum opened its doors to the Florentine public for the first time in 1775, visitors were confronted with what would have probably been their first view of the inside of the human ...

Cronenberg's speculative historical work draws inspiration from the anatomical waxworks at the La Specola museum in Florence, Italy. These wax models, traditionally used for medical demonstrations ...

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